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Prometheus
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Introduction
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|Prometheus| [#f1]_ is a point spread function (PSF) photometry package that implements many of the standard practices
in Peter Stetson's DAOPHOT package.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   install
   gettingstarted
   modules
   

Description
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|Prometheus| has a number of modules to perform photometry.

|Prometheus| can be called from python directly or the command-line script ``prometheus`` can be used.


Examples
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.. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1

    examples


prometheus
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Here are the various input arguments for command-line script ``prometheus``::

  usage: prometheus [-h] [-p PSF] [--outfile OUTFILE] [-d OUTDIR] [-l]
                    [--fitradius FITRADIUS] [--norecenter] [-r]
                    [--verbose VERBOSE] [-t]
                    files [files ...]

  Run Prometheus on an image

  positional arguments:
    files                 Images FITS files or list

  optional arguments:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
    -p PSF, --psf PSF     PSF model type
    --outfile OUTFILE     Output filename
    -d OUTDIR, --outdir OUTDIR
                          Output directory
    -l, --list            Input is a list of FITS files
    --fitradius FITRADIUS
                          Fitting radius. Default is PSF FWHM.
    --norecenter          Do not fit the x/y centroid positions when PSF fitting
    -r, --reject          Reject high RMS PSF stars.
    --verbose VERBOSE     Verbose output
    -t, --timestamp       Add timestamp to Verbose output

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Index
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`
    
.. rubric:: Footnotes

.. [#f1] In Greek mythology, `Prometheus <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus>`_ is a Titan that brings fire from the heavens down to humans on earth.